meeting; greeting; welcome
vehicle; conveyance; transport; ride (playground, fair, carnival); playground facility
life-and-death matter; an emergency or crisis where survival is threatened
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
for the time being; at present; (arch.) hindrance
to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time
dispersing; breaking up; running away
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
new; unused; new; obvious; natural
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
open; public; official; overt
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
entering the service of a daimyo
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
(acting as an) intermediate; mediation; employment office (Edo period)
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
to employ; to hire; to charter
close; intimate; on good terms
near; close; beside; third person
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
store; reserve; stock; savings
household; home; family; housekeeping
roadside tree; row of trees
townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
to show signs; to have symptoms; to give indications (of); to bud; to germinate; to sprout
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way